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M. B. BEHRMAN.

TAG FASTENER.

APPLICATION FILED mvza. 1917.

1,30,8 ,77 1 Patented July 8, 1919.

8] now wow THE COLUMBIA PLANOGRAPH 110-. WASHINGTON. h. c.

UNITED STATES. PATENT OFFICE.

MARCUS B. BEHRMAN, or new YORK, 1v. Y., ASSIGNOR TO LOX SEAL CORPORATION, A CORPORATION or NEW YORK.

TAG-FASTENER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 8', 1919.

Application filed May 26, 1917. Serial No. 171,117.

To all whom itmay concern:

Be it known that I, MARCUS B. BEHRMAN, a citizen of the United States, residin at the city, county, and State of New Y brk, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Tag-Fasteners, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to tag-fasteners, and its principal purpose is to provide a device of simple, effective and inexpensive construction for securing a tag to an article of wearing apparel, or other object, in such manner that the ta can not be removed without mutilating t e device or cutting the cord whereby it is fastened to the object.

To these ends my invention consists in the novel features of construction, combination and arrangement of parts herein described and particularly pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings illustrating a preferred embodiment of the invention, Figure lis a perspective view of the fastener attached to an object; Fig. 2 is a cross-section on the longitudinal center line, and Fig. 3 is a view of the cord detached from the fastener.

Referring to'the drawings, T indicates a tag, F the fastener, G the cord for securing the fastener to an object, and O the object to which the tag-fastener is applied, which,

I in the present instance, is represented as a fragment of a garment having a button hole through which the cord is secured.

In the particular embodiment of the in vention, as illustrated herein, the fastener F is made of a single piece of sheet metal which is bent in substantially U-shape to form a front wall 1, a rear wall 2 and two tapered side walls 33. Two small apertures 44 are formed through the bent upper end of the fastener for receiving the tips 55 of the cord 0.

The lower ions of the front and rear walls 1 and 2 "m a clip between which the marginal edge of the tag T is clamped. A rivet 6 is preferably fixed through the parts to permanently attach the tag to the fastener.

A cord C is provided at its ends with rigid tips 55, preferably made of stamped sheet metal, which tips are longer than the diameter or greatest width of the apertures and are applied so as to extend at right angles to the axis of: the cord, when the latter is stretched in a straight line, as shown in Fig. 3.

The fastener F performs two principal functions, namely, it serves as a means for securing the tips of the cord C to prevent removal thereof when inserted therein, and for engaging and holding the tag T. The body of the fastener may be made in a variety of different shapes and forms, but in whatsoever form it is constructed it will be provided with two apertures for receiving the ends of the cord, and a clip portion for clamping the tag.

In practice, one end of the cord is secured in the fastener before it leaves the factory. When the fastener is applied to an object, it is then merely necessary to affix the free end of the cord in the fastener. This is done by passing the tip vertically through the aperture into the hollow interior of the fastener where it will, of its own accord, assume a horizontal position crosswise of the aperture, as shown in Fig. 1, and thus preventing withdrawal.

What I claim as my invention and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. In a tag fastener, a hollow casing having a pair of spaced apertures in one end thereof, a flexible tie having a tip at each end secured thereto at points between the tip ends, said tips in one position being receivable with the tie through the respective apertures and said casing being formed so as to prevent access to either tlp or removal of the tie except by disrupting the tie or the casing, and a tag carried by the casmg. v

2. In a tag fastener, a casing formed of a iece of metal bent into approximately U orm and having a pair of spaced apertures along the line of bend and havin the space between the walls of the casing a Ong the sides thereof partly closed, a flexible tie having a tip secured to each end at points between the tip ends, said tips being receivable in one position through the respective apertures, and a tag received between the walls of the casing and being rigidly secured thereto so as to prevent access to the tips or removal of the tie except by disrupting the casing or the tie.

3. In a tag fastener, a hollow casing having a pair of spaced apertures in one end thereof, a flexible tie having a tip at each end secured thereto at points between the tip ends, said tips in one position being receivable with the tie through the respective apertures and said casing being formed so as to prevent access to either tip or removal of the tie except by disrupting the tie or the casing, and a tag secured to the opposite end of the casing and projecting outwardly therefrom.

4. In a tag fastener, a hollow casing having a pair of spaced apertures in one end thereof, a flexible tie having a tip at each end secured thereto at points between the tip ends, said tips in one position being receivable with the tie through the respective apertures and said casing being formed so as to prevent access to either tip or removal of the tie except by disrupting the tie or the casing, said casing having a pair of spaced members at its opposite end, and a tag received in the space between said members and rigidly secured thereto.

MARCUS B'. BEHRMAN.

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